- Pink: not just for women anymore (and it’s ruining our country).
According to a really dumb and poorly argued op-ed in “Philadelphia’s Family Newspaper”, lots of men in America are slowly becoming women because they wear stylish clothing and let women do what they want when they get pregnant. For a taste of the logic of this woman’s ramblings, here is the first paragraph of her piece (emphasis mine):
Despite what feminists might argue, real men don’t wear skinny jeans. Real men also don’t wear V-neck tees, or accessorized scarves, and they avoid purple and pink like the plague. The mere idea of a pedicure or waxing makes a real man nauseous. If a woman hangs out with this kind of girly-man routinely, it’s only because she wants to share his wardrobe and his non-fat caramel macchiato. A woman can’t imagine a man reloading his double barrel shotgun or chopping wood when he’s donned in Donna Karan and drinking an Appletini. Men were meant to wear rugged Wranglers, leather jackets and boots, like they belong in a James Dean movie and not an episode of “Will & Grace.”
I for one am pretty darn mad at all the women of the world who have “slayed the real man by suppressing his desires for adventure, beauty, and competition, his yearning for greatness and excitement.” I really yearn to yearn for greatness and excitement, but I just can’t bring myself want it because of those damn feminists who keep buying me tighter and tighter pants. God bless Jane Gilvary for showing us the true light. Jane Gilvary: “a freelance writer and a red, white, and blue conservative from the City of Brotherly Love who loves Jesus, Johnny Cash, and the U.S. Constitution.” Amen. Via Gawker.
Say what you will about the writer or the paper – but your supposed counter argument fails to refute the points you excerpted.
Just saw a pic of the author. She’s ugly.
My hunch-she’s embittered that pretty boys make more attractive women than she’ll ever be.
@D What…? I didn’t have a counter argument. I didn’t argue anything. I just said her op-ed was dumb. OK!
She made a poor argument, but there’s something to be said for the idea that women’s liberation hasn’t freed women as much as put some of the same constraints on men. As a species, we’ve done well for a billion years without washing with two different types of gel soaps and applying three moisturizers after a daily shower. For a long time women were the only ones shackled with these expectations, increasingly asked to do so too.
Obvious hipster is obvious
If a woman telling a man how to be a man is acceptable to a feminist, isn’t the corolary true as well? Men can tell women what they should- Oh wait, isn’t that a keystone of feminism-to stop having men tell them what they want them to be? Gosh gee, she almost got me…
She’s no feminist, she’s no scholar, she’s not even a christian in the true sense of the word…she’s just another victim of the postmodern gender war, and she’s crying foul on the battlefield, because clearly, no one is listening to her feeble attempt to define “real men”.
Keep at it intern, but get that point across more concisely-like.
And any of you…homos…out there touch me? I’ll kill ya.
Thumbs up to Andrew. This stuff is hilarious.
Light up, Mercury Bloggers.
How could she have written this piece? Wouldn’t her “real man” want her to shut the fuck up and whip her up some dinner?
True, CC.
Everyone’s entitled to their preferences but I’m always fascinated by conservative women who publicly politicize their desires. This situation is not zero-sum. Fancy boys have been around forever. So have “real men.” And those real men are out their in spades, toots-drinking, abusing their wives, getting fat, neglecting their kids, wearing jeans, voting republican.*
*Which of course could very well mean sucking dick at night in parks, too.
Wait a second Two squats where does that leave me? I dress like a “real man”, mostly because pink and purple make me wanna vomit. but I also don’t wear scarves cause it would suck to get it caught in a chipper at work (oh yeah i do manual labor). however, i don’t engage in “toots drinking”, beating my wife, ignoring my wonderful daughter (also doesn’t wear pink) or voting republican. also i haven’t eaten beef in 20 years. If i’m not a fancy boy or a “real man” where do I fit in on this two sided coin?
You are proving my point. “Real man” bullshit comprises much more than the author’s binary vision of it. Of course to her, you’d fail to meet her superficial criteria (no beef=limp-wristed vegetarian, not voting republican=spineless liberal). The realities of her expectations equate to a dating pool mostly full of the kinds of guys I described above. I hope she gets what she wants.
Gender roles are changing and lady is butt hurt.